| Club: | FC Kairat |
| Season: | 2023 |
| Manager: | Kirill Keker |
| Chairman: | Kairat Boranbayev |
| Stadium: | Central Stadium |
| League Topscorer: | João Paulo (17) |
| Season Topscorer: | João Paulo (17) |
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| Prevseason: | 2022 |
| Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2023 FC Kairat season was the 13th successive season that the club played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, since their promotion back to the top flight in 2009.
On 10 January, Artur Shushenachev extended his contract until the end of 2024.[1]
On 17 January, Galymzhan Kenzhebek extended his contract until the end of 2024.[2]
On 31 January, Macky Bagnack joined Pari NN on loan until the summer.[3]
On 21 February, Kairat announced the loan signing of Ofri Arad from Maccabi Haifa for the season.[4]
On 28 February, Kairat announced the signing of Dmitry Sergeyev from Zenit St.Petersburg to a two-year contract with the option of an additional year.[5]
On 3 March, Daniyar Usenov extended his contract until the end of 2024.[6]
On 15 March, Rustam Emirov was loaned to Khan Tengri for the season.[7]
On 20 March, Daniyar Usenov was loaned to Caspiy for the season.[8]
On 30 March, Kairat announced the signing of Mikael Askarov on a contract until the end of 2024, whilst also loaning him out to Ekibastuz for the season.[9]
On 14 April, Aybar Abdulla left Kairat to join Shakhter Karagandy.[10]
On 21 July, João Paulo extended his contract with Kairat until the end of 2024.[11]
On 15 September, Vyacheslav Shvyryov extended his contract with Kairat until the end of 2024.[12]
On 4 October, Arsen Buranchiev extended his contract with Kairat until the end of 2024.[13]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Danil Ustimenko |  | GK | 2023 10, df=yes | Youth Team | 2019 | 2024[14] | 65 | 0 | |
| 27 | Temirlan Anarbekov | | GK | 2023 10, df=yes | Youth Team | 2020 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Vadim Ulyanov |  | GK | 2023 10, df=yes | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Egor Tkachenko | | DF | 2023 10, df=yes | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 3 | Macky Bagnack |  | DF | 2023 10, df=yes | Partizan | 2021[15] | 2023 | 45 | 2 | |
| 4 | Damir Kasabulat | | DF | 2023 10, df=yes | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | 2025[16] | 61 | 0 | |
| 5 | Viktor Vasin | | DF | 2023 10, df=yes | CSKA Moscow | 2022 | 2023[17] | 57 | 4 | |
| 6 | Sergey Keiler | | DF | 2023 10, df=yes | Okzhetpes | 2018 | 80 | 3 | ||
| 13 | Lev Kurgin | | DF | 2023 10, df=yes | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Ofri Arad |  | DF | 2023 10, df=yes | on loan from Maccabi Haifa | 2023 | 2023 | 27 | 0 | |
| 24 | Aleksandr Mrynskiy | | DF | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2022 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Aleksandr Shirobokov | | DF | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 64 | Vladislav Kravchenko | | DF | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2021 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 71 | Ramazan Karimov | | DF | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2023 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 8 | Anton Krachkovsky | | MF | 2023 10, df=yes | CSKA Moscow | 2022 | 55 | 1 | ||
| 19 | Galymzhan Kenzhebek | | MF | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 2024 | 12 | 0 | |
| 20 | Dmitry Sergeyev | | MF | 2023 10, df=yes | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2023 | 28 | 5 | ||
| 21 | Arsen Buranchiev | | MF | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 2024 | 56 | 1 | |
| 22 | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | | MF | 2023 10, df=yes | Ufa | 2019[18] | 80 | 4 | ||
| 23 | Andrey Ulshin | | MF | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 61 | 5 | ||
| 26 | Adilet Sadybekov | | MF | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2021 | 2025[19] | 50 | 3 | |
| 39 | Dias Kushkumbaev | | MF | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2021 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 82 | Alibi Mukhit | | MF | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2023 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 84 | Nazar Al-Khadzh | | MF | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2021 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 85 | Miras Omatay | | MF | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2021 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 10 | Artur Shushenachev | | FW | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2017 | 2024 | 128 | 45 | |
| 11 | João Paulo |  | FW | 2023 10, df=yes | Ordabasy | 2021[20] | 2024 | 75 | 32 | |
| 17 | Bayzhan Madelkhan | | FW | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2022 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 18 | Vyacheslav Shvyryov | | FW | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 2024 | 87 | 10 | |
| 73 | Nurgeldy Toleukhanov | | FW | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2022 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 83 | Yan Trufanov | | FW | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2022 | 13 | 4 | ||
| 91 | Saif Popov | | FW | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2021 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Players away on loan | ||||||||||
| 17 | Daniyar Usenov | | MF | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 2024 | 64 | 4 | |
| 28 | Rustam Emirov | | MF | 2023 10, df=yes | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Players that left during the season | ||||||||||
| 2 | Sultanbek Astanov | | MF | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2019 | 62 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Gulzhigit Alykulov |  | MF | 2023 10, df=yes | Neman Grodno | 2020[21] | 100 | 13 | ||
| 14 | Adam Adakhadzhiev | | MF | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2019 | 2023 | 21 | 0 | |
| 16 | Miras Kobeev | | MF | 2023 10, df=yes | Academy | 2022 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Aybar Abdulla | | FW | 2023 10, df=yes | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | 10 | 0 | ||
See main article: article, List of Kazakhstan football transfers winter 2022–23 and List of Kazakhstan football transfers summer 2023.
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 December 2022 | DF | Nuraly Alip | Zenit St.Petersburg | Undisclosed | [22] | ||
| 16 March 2023 | MF | Sultanbek Astanov | Ordabasy | Undisclosed | [23] | ||
| 16 March 2023 | MF | Adam Adakhadzhiev | Khan Tengri | Undisclosed | [24] |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2022 | FW | Bayzhan Madelkhan | Murom | 28 June 2023 | [25] | ||
| 15 March 2023 | DF | Rustam Emirov | Khan Tengri | 31 December 2023 | |||
| 20 March 2023 | MF | Daniyar Usenov | Caspiy | 31 December 2023 | |||
| 31 January 2023 | DF | Macky Bagnack | Pari NN | 30 June 2023 | |||
| 20 February 2023 | MF | Alen Aymanov | Yelimay | 31 December 2023 |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 May 2023 | MF | Gulzhigit Alykulov | Neman Grodno | 4 August 2023 | [26] [27] | ||
| 29 August 2023 | MF | Miras Kobeev | Isloch Minsk Raion | 29 January 2024 | [28] | ||
| 1 December 2023 | DF | Macky Bagnack | TSC | 4 April 2024 | [29] [30] | ||
| 1 December 2023 | DF | Sergey Keiler | Yelimay | [31] |
See main article: 2023 Kazakhstan Premier League.
See main article: 2023 Kazakhstan Cup.
|-|colspan="14"|Players away from Kairat on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who left Kairat during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=150 | Premier League | width=150 | Kazakhstan Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | | 11 | João Paulo | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||
| 2 | FW | | 10 | Artur Shushenachev | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| 3 | MF | | 20 | Dmitry Sergeyev | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 4 | FW | | 83 | Yan Trufanov | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| 5 | FW | | 18 | Vyacheslav Shvyryov | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 6 | MF | | 22 | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 7 | MF | | 7 | Gulzhigit Alykulov | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| DF | | 5 | Viktor Vasin | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 23 | Andrey Ulshin | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 26 | Adilet Sadybekov | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 3 | Macky Bagnack | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Awarded | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 44 | 4 | 48 | ||||||||||||
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=150 | Premier League | width=150 | Kazakhstan Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Danil Ustimenko | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| 2 | GK | | 30 | Vadim Ulyanov | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 8 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | |||||||
| 1 | | GK | Danil Ustimenko | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | | DF | Egor Tkachenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | | DF | Macky Bagnack | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | | DF | Damir Kasabulat | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | | DF | Viktor Vasin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | | DF | Sergey Keiler | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | | MF | Anton Krachkovsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | | FW | Artur Shushenachev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | | FW | João Paulo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | | DF | Lev Kurgin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | | DF | Ofri Arad | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | | FW | Vyacheslav Shvyryov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | | MF | Galymzhan Kenzhebek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | | MF | Dmitry Sergeyev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | | MF | Arsen Buranchiev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | | MF | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | | MF | Andrey Ulshin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | | DF | Aleksandr Shirobokov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | | MF | Adilet Sadybekov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Players away on loan: | |||||||||||||
| Players who left Kairat during the season: | |||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 59 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 71 | 2 | |||||||